DevLearn Sessions

DevLearn 2017 has the biggest, most comprehensive, most cutting-edge learning technologies program in the world. The event includes over 200 sessions covering the critical topics that will help you develop new skills and expertise in the management, design, and development of technology-based learning.

Specialized Focuses

In addition to the great tracks at DevLearn 2017 Conference & Expo, there are a number of specialized sessions curated to help you put your skills into practice immediately.

Sessions in Development Track

JavaScript functionality is integrated with Articulate Storyline
and can be a great way to create more customizable experiences with this tool.
However, many users are either intimidated by JavaScript or don’t know where to
begin learning it. If you have been looking for a true beginner course that
explains the fundamentals of using JavaScript with Storyline in an easy and
understandable way, you just found it!

Traditional LMSs are not always the simplest of tools to work
with. They can, in some cases, be more complicated, limited in their
capabilities, or expensive than what you actually need. But if this is the
case, you don’t need to settle for an LMS solution that doesn’t actually fit
your needs. What you need instead may be found in an unexpected place:
WordPress.

Page-turners, cluttered slides, click Next to continue, and
complex menus. These are all words and phrases that you’ll often hear when your
users and colleagues discuss what’s frustrating about eLearning. If your users
can’t easily navigate through your content or can’t find what they need exactly
when they need it, that means they can miss some, or even all, of your
important content. The good news is, you can calm that clutter and
inconsistency with great UI design.

When you ask people about their top three roadblocks when trying
to create engaging eLearning, one of them is always budgetary constraints. Instructional
designers often have bigger ideas than their budgets will allow. This has
certainly been my experience, but over the years, I’ve found ways to get around
this by using free and low-cost resources and good old-fashioned DIY.

The role of the learning developer is expanding in scope and
responsibility. Today’s learning professionals need to know how to deliver
useful content at the time of need. They have to take into account the complete
user experience, including user context, device capabilities and limitations,
mobile interface design, and audience personas. How does a developer know the
best tools to create solutions that translate into a memorable user experience?

xAPI shouldn’t be fear-inducing, and it isn’t! You can use HTML
and JavaScript to create statements to send to a learning record store (LRS).
With a little input, practice, and feedback, you’ll learn how easy it is to use
HTML and JavaScript to move your organization faster toward the future of
measurable experiences.

How many times have you had to redo a project after you thought
you understood the challenge, the goals, or the requirements? As you start to
build more complex interactions and applications, you need a process that will
allow you to test a concept, measure its results, and iterate over and over
until it meets the needs of your audience. These are not new concepts in
software development, but L&D can learn how to adopt and utilize them.